Deer Survey Articles

CKWRI has researched several different methods of surveying for deer over the years.  Please refer to the following articles for details about various survey techniques.

 

DeYoung, C. A., F. S. Guthery, S. L. Beasom, S. P. Coughlin, and J. R. Heffelfinger.  1989. Improving estimates of white-tailed deer abundance from helicopter surveys. Wildlife Society Bulletin 17:275–279. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3782384
 

Zabransky, C. J., D. G. Hewitt, R. W. DeYoung, S. S. Gray, C. Richardson, A. R. Litt, and C. A. DeYoung.  2016.  A detection probability model for aerial surveys of mule deer in Texas.  Journal of Wildlife Management 80:1379–1389.  https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21143
 

Peterson M. K, A. M. Foley, A. N. Tri, D. G. Hewitt, R. W. DeYoung, C. A. DeYoung, and T. A. Campbell.  2020.  Mark–recapture distance sampling for aerial surveys of ungulates on rangelands.  Wildlife Society Bulletin 44:713–723.  https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1144
 

Foley, A. M., R. W. DeYoung, and D. G. Hewitt. 2023. Error in demographic ratios from aerial surveys of white-tailed deer in semi-arid rangelands. Journal of Wildlife Management 87:e22413. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22413 
 

Blum, J., A. M. Foley, R. W. DeYoung, D. G. Hewitt, J. Baumgardt, M. W. Hellickson, and H. L. Perotto-Baldivieso. 2024. Evaluation of drone surveys for ungulates in southwestern rangelands. Wildlife Society Bulletin e1515. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1515
 

Camacho, A. M., H. L. Perotto-Baldivieso, A. L. Montemayor, W. A. Gless, J. Exum, T. J. Yamashita, A. M. Foley, R. W. DeYoung, E. P. Tanner, and S. D. Nelson.  2023.  The broad scale impact of climate change on planning aerial wildlife surveys with drone-based thermal cameras.  Scientific Reports 13(4455) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31150-5.
 

Fafarman, K. R., C. A. DeYoung, 1986. Evaluation of spotlight counts of deer in South Texas. Wildlife Society Bulletin 14:180–185. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3782070

 

Moore, M. T., Foley, A. M., DeYoung, C. A., Hewitt, D. G., Fulbright, T. E., & Draeger, D. A. 2014. Evaluation of population estimates of white-tailed deer from camera survey. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 1:127–132.  https://seafwa.org/sites/default/files/journal-articles/20Moore_et_al_127-132.pdf

 

Rutledge, J., T. Bartoskewitz, and A. Cain.  2008.  Stem count index: A habitat appraisal method for South Texas.  Management Bulletin PWD BK W7000-1666.  Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, USA.